Syncope as a premonitory sign of fatal pulmonary embolism Two case reports
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 59 (1) , 71-73
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678809149349
Abstract
Two patients suddenly died of massive pulmonary embolism 3 weeks after hip surgery. In retrospect, several episodes of syncope starting during the first postoperative week were recognized as premonitory signs of the fatal outcome.Keywords
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